Have any of you tried the kon Marie method? It's been around for a few years. I am a late adopter. Basic tenets are declutter then store keeping only those things which give you joy.
I thought I had been good about winnowing my stuff and about keeping unwanted things out of my home but my sock drawer alone produced a shopping bag full of tatty or unwanted socks.
Two questions for those of you who did it or who know people who have- 1. Did you/they see it through and do their whole home? 2. Have they kept it up?
never heard of it, but it sounds like flylady, doesn't it?
i never got into any of it very much, wonderful ideas though they are. i'm simply too disinterested in housework.
a couple of the flylady tenets did stick forever, though. now i can't stand to go to bed unless the kitchen sink is empty and clean!
:) khairete
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I hate clutter so I tend to constantly be getting rid of stuff. The Big Brothers Big Sisters organization calls me monthly for clothing and household donations...I always have a bag or two for them.
Btw...those McDonald happy treat toys found their way into the trash as soon as my kids turned around😉
I have a friend who uses this method and she loves it, but she has always been a bit of a minimalist. My friend did it to every part of her home but the kids rooms. She is not forcing them to live like her. I haven't read the book yet, but it is somewhere around here buried in a pile clutter. I have a terrible time getting rid of stuff. As for keeping the things that bring me joy? Wouldn't work for me. Most of the things I need do not bring me joy and most of the things that bring me joy I do not need. I hate getting rid of seldom used items only to have to re-purchase the next time I do need it. When I do get rid of stuff I always want to do it responsibly. Sell it if I can, or donate to a place where it will be used, or make sure it is repurposed or recycled. The shopping bag of tatty socks? Those become my cleaning rags if they aren't good enough to donate to the homeless. If they are good enough to donate, that means a special trip downtown to a shelter, and who knows when I will get around to that.
ETA: I would never be able to throw Happy Meal toys in the garbage, unless they were broken. I am sure there are children somewhere who could use those toys and I could donate them instead of adding plastic to the landfill!
I've heard of it, but have not tried it. I recently started decluttering and regorganizing my house. I asked myself these three questions:
1. Do I need it
2. Do I use it
3. Do I love it
If my answer was "no" to all three then I would put the thing in my unwanted pile. I sold some things like the Breville juicer my husband hadn't used in years and made a few hundred. The rest I donated or gave away. The three questions above are more practical for decluttering than asking whether something gives joy, IMO. Pinterest has lots of great ideas on delcuttering and organizing.
I have a friend who did it with clothes. She took everything out of her closet, piled it on the bed, and only put back items she really loved. She got rid of 2/3 of her clothes. She said it made getting dressed in the morning a snap, because although there weren't many shirts hanging in there, every single shirt in the closet was one that she was happy to wear.
On the other hand, this same friend likes to shop, so I suspect that over time, her closet will fill back up again :)
Is this the "hold the item for 3 minutes and if it gives you joy, keep it - if not, throw it away" thing? Yes, that is how I got rid of all my bills ;)
I haven't heard of it, nor have my friends or family.
However, it sounds very similar to something I learned years ago, probably on Oprah.
You hold an object, and decide if a) it causes you stress or b) leaves you feeling good (joy I suppose).
Anything that makes you feel stressed at all (like keeping an old set of teacups my grandmother left me that I will never use or display) you will feel better if you get rid of. I'm still working on it. They have at least moved from my hutch to our garage. My feeling is, if they sit there for another year - then I can safely donate or biff them.
I do the same with clothes. If I haven't worn in a year, I likely will never so I do clean out my closet from time to time.
I read up on it and it's just like anything else.
If you want to clean your house and get rid of things you just have to go in that room and do it. That's all it takes. No one telling you to go do this task then that task, you can write down your own goals and do this yourself.
